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upon EZEKIEL. 77
Ibid. 'But I will bring you out of the midft of it.] Chapter
You fhall not die there, but I will referve you for XL
another Punifhment. See Ver. 9, 11. t/"VNJ
Ver. 9, 10, / will bring you out of the midft Ver* 9,10.
thereof and deliver you into the Hands of Strangers^
Ye fhall be carried out of the City by the
Chaldeans, and afterwards be (lain by them in the
Land of Hamath : See Jerem. xxxix. 6. 2 Kjngs
xxv. 19, 20, 21. Which is called the entrance of
Hamath, 1 Kjngs viii. 65. 2 Kjngs xiv. 25. becaufeit
was juft upon the Borders of Judea.
Ver. 12.
Heathen.]
"But have done after the Manners of they
Have defiled your (elves with their Ido-
t I2 .
latries. See Chap. viii. 10, '4,16.
Ver. 13 Then 1 f?ll down ufon my Face, andy e^ j*
cried with aloud Voice, &"c] The Prophet thought
this an Earneft of the common Deflruclion which
was coming upon all the Inhabitants of the City,
and thereupon he tarnefHy deprecated To fevere a
Judgment. See Chap. ix. 8.
Ver. 15. Thy 'Brethren, the Men of thy Kjn- Ver. 15*
dred~] Thofe of thy Kindred and Acquaintance
who are carried away captive with thee.
Ibid.' To whom tot Inhabitants of Jernfalem, ^
have fatd, Get ye far from r^Lv*i>, &C.] The
Jews who were left in their Own Countrey,
thought themfelves more in God's Favour, than
thole who were carried away Captive : whom
tliey.look'd upon as Out cafts, and Inch as had no
right either to the Priviledges of -Jews, or the
Land of Judea: Seethe Nore on Jtrem. xxiv. 5.
Ver. 16. Tet will I be to them a little Santiu- yer, x &
ary.~] The Jews were under God's immediate Protection,
exprefled in Scripture by dwelii?ig under
the